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establish a permanent station have prevented carryinc: ont of plans for 

 this purpose. The United >States Fish Commission attempted to estab- 

 lish an egg-collecting station on this stream over thirty years ago, but 

 owing to the small sum of money used in the construction ^vork and 

 the tremendous floods during the period the experiments were carried 

 on, the station was abandoned. With improved methods of trap con- 

 struction, new roads to available sites, when funds are available this 

 creek should be considered. Redwood Creek is a stream that carries 

 several thousand sofond-feet of water durine floorl stages and any work 

 inu.st be of a substantial nature tliat will .stand the high water condi- 

 tions. 



Fig. 17. Taking spawn from a ten-pound Tahoe black-spotted trout. Taylor Creek, 

 El Dorado County. Photo by Joseph H. Sanders. 



TAHCE HATCHERY 



The operations at Tahoe station have been carried on to its full 

 capacity. Since the construction of the reservoir and aerating system, 

 the spring water has been greatly improved and the fish are making a 

 much better growth during the same length of time than they did when 

 the hatchery was first built. The improvements during the last bien- 

 nial period consisted of the installation of a power grinding machine 

 for preparing the food and the purchase of a Dodge screen-side truck 

 for the distribution of fish at the Tahoe and Tallac hatcheries. 



